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Detection and sizing of telomeric repeat DNA in situ

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A performance comparison of PRINS and PNA assays.

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Figure 1: Staining of telomeric repeats in human lymphocyte chromosomes from a healthy donor by PRINS or by FISH with PNA probes.

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Serakinci, N., Koch, J. Detection and sizing of telomeric repeat DNA in situ. Nat Biotechnol 17, 200–201 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/6209

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